Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will share his plans to reform California’s broken health care system. The event will be webcast live at www.gov.ca.govhttp://www.gov.ca.gov/>

Following the Governor’s presentation at 12:30 p.m., members of the Governor’s Administration will host a live video web discussion with stakeholders and members of the public. Questions canbe submitted live at www.gov.ca.gov http://www.gov.ca.gov/>. Participants include Kim Belshé, California Health and Human Services Agency Secretary; Richard Figueroa, health care advisor to the Governor; Ruth Liu, associate secretary of health care policy development for the California Health and Human Services Agency; John Ramey, senior health policy consultant to the Governor; Herb Schultz, senior health policy advisor to the Governor; and Daniel Zingale, senior advisor to the Governor and chief of staff to Maria Shriver.

Background:In California, 6.5 million people – more than any other state – have no medical insurance for all or part of the year. A recent New America Foundation http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/a_premium_price> white paper estimates the average family pays about $1,186 a year in health insurance premiums to cover the uninsured. Last July, Governor Schwarzenegger convened a groundbreaking Summit on Health Care Affordability http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/press-release/2570/>. Experts from various fields, such as academics, government, business, health care and labor, seriously discussed California’s health care cost and coverage challenges.

Additional background information is available at www.gov.ca.govhttp://www.gov.ca.gov/>